Lycaste aromatica, common name The Sweet Scented Lycaste, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Lycaste

Lycaste

Lycaste, abbreviated as Lyc in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids that contains about 30 species with egg-shaped pseudobulbs and thin, plicate leaves.- Description :...

, belonging to the Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...

 family.

Description

Lycaste aromatica has ovate pseudobulbs, deciduous lanceolate leaves and erect flowered spikes about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. Flower are yellow-orange and fragrant, about 7 centimetres (2.8 in) wide. The flowering period extends from late Spring through-Summer. It is a terrestrial orchid growing on mossy branches (epiphyte

Epiphyte

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).

Distribution

This plant is native to Central America and it is present in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.

Habitat

Lycaste aromatica grows on branches with moss, in damp limestone cliffs and in tropical semi-deciduous forests or warm oak forests along streams. It prefers diffused bright light in moist and cool to warm climate, at an altitude of 500–2000 m (1,640.4–6,561.7 ) above sea level.

Synonyms

• Maxillaria aromatica Graham
  Graham
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   (basionym
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• Colax aromaticus (Graham
  Graham
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  ) Spreng.
• Lycaste aromatica var. bartleyi Oakeley
• Lycaste aromatica var. hartleyorum Oakeley
• Lycaste aromatica var. majus auct 1926
• Lycaste aromatica var. retroflexa Oakeley 2001
• Lycaste consobrina Rchb.f. 1852
• Lycaste suaveolens Summerh. 1931
• Maxillaria consobrina Beer
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External links

• Lycaste aromatica